Pulisseri (Spiced Yogurt & Coconut Curry)

Pulissery/Pulisheri is a traditional Kerala dish made using yogurt and grated coconut. Sour Curd is used for making Pulisheri and Vegetables or Fruits are often added to Pulissery to balance the sourness. Back home, we used to call Pulishery as Moru Curry when it was made without veggies and fruits. I love adding fruits like Bananas, Mangoes and Pineapples while making Pulisheri to bring out a sweet and sour taste. I have always loved the Mambazha Pulissery which my mom used to make with the seasonal Kerala Sweet Mangoes during our summer vacations. It brings back memories of those good old days, when we used to get 2 whole months for summer vacation and life was sans worries. Somehow we used to call it Mambazha Curry instead of Mambazha Pulishery.

Ethapazham Pulissery

Some common veggies and fruits used in Pulisheri are:-

Raw Plantain (Vazhakka/Kaya)

Ripe Plantain (Ethapazham/NenthraPazham)

Mango

Pineapple

Pappaya

Yellow Cucumber (Vellarikka)

Ash Gourd (Kumbalanga)

For Onam 2009, I made Pulissery using Ethapazham/Nenthra Pazham (Ripe Plantain) for the first time and all my friends loved the sweet and sour taste of this wonderful dish. You will definitely fall in love with this Pulisshery as your senses will be aroused. Your kids will definitely love this sweet and sour curry with rice. Mambazha Pulissery and Ethapazham Pulishery have become my favorites. I am waiting to make Ethapazham Pullisery for my mom during my next India trip.

Here is the recipe for Ethapazham Pulishery or Nenthra Pazham Pulissery. I am sending this recipe over to “Just Not any other dish” event.

Comments

A very good recipe, I tried it with pineapple and it came out very well…. my hubby’s a mallu and he was surprised when I served him pineapple pulissery….. and was even more surprised that the preparation came out well…… thanks a lot for this recipe….

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